Title:AMPHIBIOUS VEHICLE TRIALS IN NORTHERN BELGIUM (PART 2) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:A70 185-8
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Summary: Vehicles which played an indispensable part in the fighting in northern Belgium and southern Holland in the winter of 1944-45 - in particular the Walcheren operation - are seen being demonstrated to 1st Corps personnel in northern Belgium.
Description: The British-manufactured eight-wheeled Terrapin Mark 1 fails to climb out of the flooded gravel pits. An M29 Weasel successfully negotiates swampy ground and a steep incline while its amphibious stablemate, the M29C, demonstrates both its swimming and climbing capabilities. An LVT(2) Buffalo amphibious personnel carrier takes to the water with an infantry section of 49th (West Riding) Division(?) troops on board; on gaining the opposite bank, the infantrymen leap from the amphibian onto the shore under the gaze of spectators standing on a steep bank nearby. An LVT(4) Buffalo amphibious cargo carrier swims around the gravel pits and returns to dry land.
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Colour:B&W
Digitised:Yes
Object_Number:A70 185-8
Sound:Silent
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:1939-1945
Production Date:1944-10-27
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Army Film Unit (Production company)
McArdle, T P (Production individual)
